Scheduling

Saama · Post by **Saama** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:28 pm

Hi Gurus,

I have never done scheduling, can any one help me out with the steps involved in scheduling datastage jobs using unix utilities like corn tab utility.

cheers;
Saama

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:58 pm

First off, you've marked your Server OS as 'Windows' in your post, is it really on UNIX? In any case, 'scheduling' is handled automatically by the Director tool. All you need to do is 'Add to Schedule' and it will create the appropriate entries for cron or at for your job.

For UNIX, you will need to ensure the user used to do the scheduling is in the 'cron.allow' and 'at.allow' files. If you have permissions problems trying to schedule jobs, talk to your SA and ask to be added to those files.

ps. The native scheduler on UNIX is 'cron' and it stores schedule information in 'crontab' files. One word. And not the vegetable.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:26 pm

I dunno. The "corn" scheduler would explain many things...

Saama · Post by **Saama** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:13 am

Hi Gurus,
Thanks very much.But what abt the dsexecute() function.

Why is this used.In what way is this useful in scheduling the jobs.

Can anyone help me out.

cheers;
Saama

DSguru2B · Post by **DSguru2B** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:17 am

Read about DSExecute() in help. Its not used to schedule anything. Its usage is as defined in its help. A lot of topics around that function on this website. Search for specific examples for a better understanding.